Sales-check case



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W. M. KINNARD.

SALES GHEGK CASE.

No. 551,898. Patented 1300.24, 1895.

ANDREW B.GRM\AM. PHGTU-LETHULWASHINGIUN, I) C,

w. KINNARID. SALES CHECK CASE.

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( No Model.)

No. 551,898. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

ANDREW EGRAHAM. Puma-mnuwnsummnn. 0c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ILL M. KINNARD, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OARTER ORUME COMPANY, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

SALES-CHECK CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,898, dated December 24, 1895. Application filed February 1, 1893. Serial No. 460,565. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILL M. KINNARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sales-Check Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in cases for holding sales-check slips for the use of salesmen in stores, in which a record-strip for totals is stored away in the case, and in which the whole device is so compactly arranged as to be readily carried in the pocket and adapted to take the place of the memorandum sales-slip books in common use.

My improvements herein relate more particularly to the use of roll-paper in such cases, instead of the paper folded in bellowsfolds, as has heretofore been employed, and also in a certain novel construction for retracting the frame which forms a guide and support for the paper in feeding it from the r0 s.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of my device with the outer case removed. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the device without the record-strip attachment, and showing a modified form of the means adopted for retracting the paper-guiding frame. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of same. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the receiving-roller and operating mechanism. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the end portion of one of the arms of the sliding guide-bar.

The working parts are mounted in an inner framework or box, consisting of top 13, sides M M, and ends N N, with two partitions 0 O dividing the case into three compartments, the framework being constructed without bottom plate, and the whole arranged to slide into and be inclosed in the outer case A. The upper portion of this case is cutaway at a to allow an opening for the writing on the sales-strips. When a recordstrip for the totals is employed, the compartment D is formed in the lower portion of the case by one of the partitions O,within which is inserted a strip of record-paper bin the form of a roll. This strip passes out through the slot 0 in the top B, which top serves as a writing-tablet, and over the roller cl, and on to the receiving-roller E, where it is wound up, as will be hereinafter described.

G G are the rolls of paper upon which the writings are to be made. These rolls are placed loose in the compartment P, being held therein by the outer case A, and the strips from these rolls are passed over the guide-rod 17, through the slot y in the writing-tablet, and down over the writing-tablet,

with a sheet of carbon material e between them in the usual way, and out underneath the frame F. This frame F is provided with arms K K extending back along the sides of the case at right angles to the frame or bar F. The bar F, resting on the strips from the rolls G G and holding them firmly against the shoulder a on the case, keeps a proper tension on the strips, so that they may be readily written upon, while the size of the compartment Pand the pressure of the outer case on the paper strips makesit unnecessary to mount the rolls G G on spindles and journal them in the side of the case.

Where the record-strip is employed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I connect the arms K K of the bar F with cords f f, which eX- tend around and are attached to the periphery of the wheel L. The end portions of the arms K K are provided with grooves 01 d, and the cords f fare attached in these grooves, so that as the bar F is drawn out the cords will lie in the grooves. The wheel L is provided with a slot g, within which a pin h on a metal strip it engages. This strip is attached by means of the cord Z to the wheel m, which is mounted loosely on the spindle of the receiving-roller E. This wheel m carries a pawl 17., which engages with a ratchet 'n on the spindle of the roller E, and the parts are so arranged that the pin h will reach the limit of the slot g just before the frame F is drawn out to its fullest extent, so that during the final outward movement of the frame F the wheel L will actuate the strip is and cord Z to move the wheel m a short distance,

and thus by means of its pawl 01 engaging the ratchet n rotate the receiving roller E a short distance. Upon the release of the frame F a spring '1' returns the wheel L to its normal position and retracts the frame F into the case. hen this record-strip arrangement is dispensed with, I prefer to retract my paper-guiding frame F in the following way: Attached to the ends of the arms K is a flexible strip or cord 3, which strips s,when the frame and rods are within the case, are Wound up upon the wheels 25. These wheels are mounted on the shaft w, which extends across the case from side to side. On this shaft is coiled a coiled spring M, one end of which is secured to the shaft and the other to the casing, so that, as the frame F is withdrawn from the case, the tension of the coiled spring M.will be increased, and, upon the frame being released, it will at once be drawn back into its normal position within the case.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A case for holding memorandum sales slips composed of an inner and outer case, the outer case having an opening cut therein, and the top of the inner case serving as a Writing tablet, and provided with a slot in its inner end and a narrow compartment underneath said tablet within which the rolls of paper are stored with a sliding guide bar resting upon the outer ends of said paper strips to serve as a guide and tension bar therefor, substantially as shown and described.

2. A case for holding memorandum sales slips composed of an inner and an outer case, the outer case having an opening cut therein and the top of the inner case serving as a writing tablet, said tablet being provided with two slots at opposite ends, with narrow compartments underneath said slots for the reception of the sales and record rolls of paper, a storage roll to receive the record strip, sliding guide bar to serve as a guide in the delivery of the strips of paper and mechanism connecting said bar and storage roll whereby the movement of the bar operates said roll, substantially as shown and described.

23. In a sales check case, the combination of a sliding frame to serve as a guide in delivering the strips of paper from the case, pulleys journaled at the opposite end of the case at each side, bands connecting said pulleys with said sliding frame and coiled spring acting on said pulleys to retract said sliding frame after each operation, substantially as shown and described.

WILL M. KINNARD.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE HEIDMAN, ALBERT STREATMAN. 

